I have not been able to determine what encourages the white. To be honest, I have not really tried any experiments. I, so far, just concluded it is genetics. I'll have to take some more cuttings. I'll go out and make a count again of how many of this plant I do have now and do a count of all green vs. part white vs. white leaves. I think I have 7 plants. Nice thing about having so many house plants is that there is almost always something going on. OK, I have about 1850 which is way too many. It's that time of the year where I have to start getting serious about thinning things out. They all have to fit into my small, dark house for the winter. I did manage to find the time to spray everything with Azamax yesterday. Gene